Pohari Assembly constituency
| Pohari | |
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| Constituency No. 24 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Central India |
| State | Madhya Pradesh |
| District | Shivpuri |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Gwalior |
| Established | 1951 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Incumbent | |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| Elected year | 2023 |
| Preceded by | Suresh Dhakad |
Pohari Assembly constituency (formerly, Pohri) is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India.[1] This constituency came into existence in 1951, as Sheopur Pohri, one of the 79 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the erstwhile Madhya Bharat state.[2]
Overview
[edit]Pohari (constituency number 24) is one of the 5 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Shivpuri district. This constituency covers the entire Pohari tehsil and parts of Shivpuri and Narwar tehsils of the district.[3]
Pohari is part of Gwalior Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Karera in this district and Gwalior Rural, Gwalior, Gwalior East, Gwalior South, Bhitarwar and Dabra in Gwalior district.[3]
Members of Legislative Assembly
[edit]| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Malkhan Singh Rawat | Indian National Congress | |
| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Tularam | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | B. Arjun | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
| 1972 | Babu Lal | ||
| 1977 | Damodar Prasad | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Hari Vallabh Shukla | Indian National Congress (Indira) | |
| 1985 | Himanshu Sharma | Indian National Congress | |
| 1990 | Jadish Prasad Verma | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1993 | Baijanti Verma | Independent politician | |
| 1998 | Narendra Birthare | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2003 | Hari Vallabh Shukla | Rashtriya Samanta Dal | |
| 2008[4] | Prahlad Bharti | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2013[5] | |||
| 2018 | Suresh Dhakad | Indian National Congress | |
| 2020^ | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 2023 | Kailash Kushwah | Indian National Congress | |
^ byelection
Election results
[edit]2023
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Kailash Kushwah | 99,739 | 51.57 | +26.36 | |
| BJP | Suresh Dhakad | 50,258 | 25.99 | −13.23 | |
| BSP | Pradhumna Verma (Bachaura) | 37,261 | 19.27 | −6.65 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,556 | 0.8 | −0.25 | |
| Majority | 49,481 | 25.58 | +12.28 | ||
| Turnout | 193,408 | 79.37 | +3.02 | ||
| INC gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
2020 bypolls
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Suresh Dhakad | 66,344 | 39.22 | +16.45 | |
| BSP | Kailash Kushwah | 43,848 | 25.92 | −6.30 | |
| INC | Hari Vallabh Shukla | 42,638 | 25.21 | −11.85 | |
| Independent | Param Singh Rawat | 8,079 | 4.78 | ||
| API | Ummed Singh Adiwashi | 1,543 | 0.91 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,783 | 1.05 | +0.79 | |
| Majority | 22,496 | 13.30 | +8.46 | ||
| Turnout | 169,147 | 76.35 | +0.47 | ||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2018
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Suresh Dhakad | 60,654 | 37.06 | ||
| BSP | Kailash Kushwah | 52,736 | 32.22 | ||
| BJP | Prahlad Bharti | 37,268 | 22.77 | ||
| Independent | Rakesh Rajak | 2,271 | 1.39 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 428 | 0.26 | ||
| Majority | 7,918 | 4.84 | |||
| Turnout | 163,666 | 75.88 | |||
| INC gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "District/Assembly List". Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Archived from the original on 1 December 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Bharat" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2011-02-10.
- ^ a b "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 228, 250.
- ^ "Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha General Elections - 2008 (in Hindi)" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
- ^ "Assembly Election Result 2013-Form 21-E (Shivpuri)" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
- ^ "Madhya Pradesh General Legislative Election 2023 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
- ^ "Bye Elections 2020 (Parliamentary and Assemblies)". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 September 2021.